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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Flipkart has announced a
one-of-a-kind hackathon to crowdsource innovative, implementable solutions from
the tech community and concerned citizens, that could help ease Bengaluru’s
perennial traffic problem. Termed Gridlock Hackathon, the initiative marks the
start of the ‘Month of Innovation’ at Flipkart, a part of its 10 year
anniversary celebrations.

The contest will run
fromJune 7, 2017
until June 21, 2017and is
open for technology centric solutions, as well as those that partially leverage
technology through out-of-the-box thinking.

“Flipkart was born in
Bengaluru as an innovative tech company that has over the years changed the way
India shops. We believe in open innovation which means that society at large
should benefit from whatever we do as a company,” said Ravi Garikipati, CTO and
Head of Engineering, Flipkart.

“Gridlock Hackathon is
an important part of our 10th anniversary celebrations and we want to engage
with tech folks as well as citizens to try to collectively find some innovative
solutions to Bengaluru’s traffic woes. The idea is to give back in some way to
the city we all love, and ensure it retains the vibrant ecosystem that has been
a major catalyst in the growth story of Flipkart and so many other companies.”

The hackathon will
initially run online and participants can submit tech or partially-tech
solutions for macro problems like Bengaluru’s overall traffic, or traffic
snares in specific areas like Silk Board, KR Puram etc. All entries will be judged
on parameters like impact, feasibility, scalability and sustainability, and
completeness. The teams or individuals with the best entries will get a chance
to present their solutions to a panel of esteemed jury, who will pick the best
3 ideas.